The College of Arts and Sciences

Religion Department

--------------------------------------- Ahmed Abdel Meguid Assistant Professor of Religion 512 Hall of Languages aelsayed@syr.edu 315-443-2241 Research interests: Islamic thought [philosophy and theology]; late 18th, 19th, and early 20th century German philosophy [Kant, German Idealism, Dilthey, Husserl, Heidegger]

--------------------------------------- Philip P. Arnold Associate Professor of Religion 508 Hall of Languages pparnold@syr.edu 315-443-3861 Research interests: Native American traditions; American religions; material culture; ritual landscapes http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/arnold-philip.html

--------------------------------------- Zachary J. Braiterman Associate Professor of Religion & Undergraduate Director 509 Hall of Languages zbraiter@syr.edu 315-443-3861 Research interests: Jewish philosophy and modern Judaism; theoretical aesthetics; Jewish textual tradition http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/braiterman-zachary.html

--------------------------------------- Gareth Fisher Assistant Professor of Religion 513 Hall of Languages gfisher@syr.edu 315-443-5914 Research interests: Buddhism; popular Chinese religion; globalization and social change; religion and post-socialism; anthropology of religion http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/fisher-gareth.html

--------------------------------------- Ken Frieden B.G. Rudolph Professor of Judaic Studies 505 Hall of Languages kfrieden@syr.edu 315-443-1894 Research interests: Hebrew, Yiddish, European, and American Judaic Literature http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/frieden-ken.html

--------------------------------------- Ann Grodzins Gold Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion 507 Hall of Languages aggold@syr.edu 315-443-5717 Research interests: Religious traditions in South Asia; anthropology of religion; gender; environment; memory; postcolonial conditions http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/gold-ann.html

--------------------------------------- M. Gail Hamner Associate Professor of Religion 512 Hall of Languages mghamner@syr.edu 315-443-5716 Research interests: Religion and film; pragmastism; critical theory; women's studies; popular culture http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/hamner-m.gail.html

--------------------------------------- Tazim R. Kassam Associate Professor of Religion 501 Hall of Languages tkassam@syr.edu 315-443-5722 Research interests: Islamic traditions and religions of South Asia, including gender, performing arts, and ritual and devotional literatures http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/kassam-tazim.html

--------------------------------------- Vincent W. Lloyd Assistant Professor of Religion Hall of Languages vwlloyd@syr.edu 315-443-4903 Research interests: Continental Philosophy of Religion; religion and race; political theology http://vwlloyd.mysite.syr.edu

--------------------------------------- Patricia Cox Miller Bishop W. Earl Ledden Professor of Religion 520 Hall of Languages plmiller@syr.edu 315-443-5714 Research interests: Religious traditions in classical and Greco-Roman antiquity http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/miller-patricia.html

--------------------------------------- Edward F. Mooney Professor of Religion and Philosophy 511 Hall of Languages efmooney@syr.edu 315-443-3861 Research interests: Kierkegaard; Nietzsche; Philosophy and Religion in Literature; Philosophy, Religion, and Environment; Ethics; Aesthetics http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/mooney-edward.html

--------------------------------------- R. Gustav Niebuhr Associate Professor in Religion & the Media 313 Tolley Humanities Building rgniebuh@syr.edu 315-443-5723 Research interests: Religious pluralism in America http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/niebuhr-r.gustav.html

--------------------------------------- William Robert Assistant Professor of Religion 501 Hall of Languages wrobert@syr.edu 315-443-3861 Research interests: Philosophy of religion; history of Christianity; mysticism; religion, ethics, and politics; gender and sexuality; religion, literature, and culture http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/robert-william.html

--------------------------------------- Marcia Robinson Assistant Professor of Religion 511 Hall of Languages mrobin03@syr.edu 315-443-5726 Research interests: History of Western Christian thought and culture http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/robinson-marcia.html

--------------------------------------- Nicole Ruane Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion 520 Hall of Languages njruane@syr.edu Research interests: Biblical law; feminist criticism and hermeneutics; literary criticism and interpretation; sociological and anthropological approaches to the Bible

--------------------------------------- Joanne Punzo Waghorne Professor of Religion & Graduate Director 521 Hall of Languages jpwaghor@syr.edu 315-443-5715 Research interests: "Globalization" and religion; religion in an urban context; problems of comparison; contemporary global Hinduism and popular temple architectures http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/waghorne-joanne.html

--------------------------------------- Ernest Wallwork Professor of Religion 510 Hall of Languages eewallwo@syr.edu 315-443-5720 Research interests: Religious and philosphical ethics; psychoanalysis; biomedical ethics, moral psychology; psychology of religion; sociology of religion and morals http://thecollege.syr.edu/profiles/pages/wallwork-ernest.html

--------------------------------------- James W. Watts Professor of Religion & Department Chair 501 Hall of Languages jwwatts@syr.edu 315-443-5713 Research interests: Biblical and comparative scriptures studies, ritual theories, rhetorical criticism, and ancient Near Eastern literatures http://jameswwatts.net

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